Citing tattoo of his name on woman's arm, Delhi HC grants bail to rape accused
Citing tattoo of his name on woman's arm, Delhi HC grants bail to rape accused
The Delhi High Court said it was not easy to make such a tattoo if 'there is resistance from the other side'. he Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to a man accused of raping a woman after it found that his name was tattooed on her forearm. The court said it was not easy to make such a tattoo if "there is resistance from the other side". The woman had alleged that the accused raped her from 2016 to 2019 and even forcefully engraved his name on her forearm when she was held captive at his house last year. "In my opinion, making of tattoo is an art and special machine is required for the same. Moreover, it is also not easy to make such a tattoo which is on the forearm of the complainant if there is some resistance from the other side. It is not everybody's job and it is also not the case of the prosecutrix that the petitioner had anything to do with the tattoo business," Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said. The woman, who is married, alleged that the accused blackmailed to have physical relations with him and threatened to leak private photos. On his part, the accused claimed they were in a consensual relationship and her love towards him was evident from the fact that she got his name tattooed on her forearm. The case was registered only when she failed to convince him to maintain ties, the counsel of the accused claimed. The court also said the status report filed by the police revealed there were nothing objectionable in the mobile phone of the accused as alleged by the woman.